FNUS74 KHGX 161309 FWSHGX SPOT FORECAST FOR SAM HOUSTON C-44...US FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 709 AM CST MON FEB 16 2009 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... EARLY MID TO HIGH LEVEL CLOUDINESS WILL BEGIN TO FILL INTO THE LOWER LEVELS THROUGH THE DAY. THIS IS IN PART TO LOWERING WESTERN TEXAS PRESSURES AND PASSING DISTURBANCES WITHIN THE SOUTHWEST FLOW. THE CHANCE FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS INCREASES FROM LATE TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING IN RELATION TO A DEEPENING SOUTHERN PLAINS TROUGH AND INLAND MOVING WARM FRONT. NORTHEAST...TURNING SOUTHEAST...NEAR- SURFACE AND TRANSPORT WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH MID-WEEK. DRIER AIR WILL FILTER INTO THE AREA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON BEHIND THE NEXT COLD FRONT. .TODAY... TIME (CST) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6PM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............51 56 59 59 56 RH..............66 57 53 53 62 20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E E 20 FT WIND SPD..7 9 8 7 5 20 FT WIND GUST. 12 10 MIX HGT (FT)....2236 2204 2540 2962 3188 MIX HGT (M)..... 682 672 774 903 972 TRANSP WIND DIR.090 100 100 090 090 TRANSP WIND SPD.15 13 12 10 09 TRANS SPD (M/S).7 6 5 4 5 CWR.............10 20 20 20 40 $$ FORECASTER...BLOOD REQUESTED BY...RANDY PREWITT TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090216.SAMHO.01/HGX